zipCompress

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Required Parameters

• type: The type of the archive. The allowed values are ZIP, TAR, JAR, and GZIP. The default is ZIP.
• archive: The path on disk, including the filename, where the operation should place the archive.
• includefile#: An array of files to include in the archive. For example, to archive two files, set the filepath to those files in includefile#1 and includefile#2. See Introduction to ArcScript for more information on array attributes in Script.
• includefolder#: An array of folders to include in the archive. For example, to archive two folders, set the filepath to those folders in includefolder#1 and includefolder#2.

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Optional Parameters

• manifest: The location of the manifest file. Only valid for JAR archives.

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Output Attributes

• zip:result: If the operation is successful, SUCCESS is returned.

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Example

<!-- Creating the input item and the necessary attributes -->
<arc:set attr="zip.archive" value="/home/mydata.gzip" />
<arc:set attr="zip.type" value="GZIP" />
<arc:set attr="zip.includefolder#1" value="/tmp/foo" />
<arc:set attr="zip.includefolder#2" value="/tmp/bar" />

<arc:call op="zipCompress" in="zip">
  <!-- Optional logging step to log the status of the operation to the application log. -->
  <arc:set attr="_log.info" value="The zipCompress operation for connector [ConnectorId] has finished with a status of [results.zip:result]." />
</arc:call>